Member

Mayoral strategic authorities are a proven model of devolution that unlocks regional growth and provides local leaders with the tools, funding and freedom they need to deliver on key local priorities, to create new jobs, to improve transport and to enhance the local skills offer for their communities. Inevitably, some people will have concerns about the local identity or the place, but in the areas where this has already happened, I do not think that people feel that they are losing their local identity; in fact, they are gaining a lot in terms of powers, freedom and funding to deliver what they need for their local area.